A jury’s $350,000 verdict for damages arising from appellant’s fraudulent conveyance of assets in this breach of contract case is upheld. The award was consistent with the jury instructions, to which appellant did not object. Overview The contract between Boyd, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where homeowners sued a contractor after he failed to complete a home renovation, the contractor prevailed on the fraud claim. Although he was incredibly unorganized, did not communicate effectively and may have possibly cut corners in the building permitting process, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Liam O'Grady U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the court previously found a company was liable for fees and costs incurred by two other companies in responding to a hepatitis A virus outbreak, the prevailing companies were awarded more than $1.4 million in attorneys’ fees. Background This ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie M. Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Contract “Schneider contends on appeal that the circuit court erred by sustaining the Brants’ demurrer because she ‘pled enough facts in support of her claim for breach of contract’ and that the Brants ‘breached [their] duty to maintain the premises ...

Tagged with: Contract Criminal Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a customer refused to repay funds to the bank after a check she deposited was returned for insufficient funds, the bank was awarded the overdrawn amount, plus attorney’s fees and costs. Background Wells Fargo Bank NA has filed a ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Mark S. Davis U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a retailer was sued for allegedly failing to pay 76 purchase orders and the manufacturer alleged the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, or CISG, governed the contracts, there was jurisdiction over the suit ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where a company alleged a bank failed to properly process its application for a loan pursuant to the government’s Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, and it alleged facts showing consideration, a benefit to the bank and detriment to the company, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

Although a government contractor agreed that any legal action would be brought “in a court of competent jurisdiction in Virginia,” that clause, by itself, did not establish that venue was proper in this court under 28 U.S.C. § 1391. As ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where life insurance beneficiaries alleged a carrier failed to pay policy death benefit proceeds, their negligence and fraud claims were dismissed because their remedy was under contract law, not tort law. Background Caroline B. Reynolds, Alison W. Reynolds and Paige ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the manufacturer of a boat used by the City of Norfolk in its maritime security operations agreed in its contract with the city to procure insurance, but the insurance carrier then denied coverage following an accident involving the boat, ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Roderick C. Young U.S. District Court - Eastern District